Monday, December 10

Documentary on fixed gear team at the 508

Come check this out. Fun times.


LACBC's THURSDAY NIGHT SOCIAL
Featuring: eat!sleep?bikes!

Thursday, December 13, 2007, 7-10 pm
at the new Bike Oven location!


3706 N. Figueroa St, Highland Park 90065


Special LACBC screening! We will be joined by director Sasha Edge, as well as the four cyclists who braved the Furnace Creek 508 on fixed gear bikes.

Cover: $5 LACBC Members, $10 Non-members
Membership deal: Join tonight for just $30, and get in FREE!

Prize raffle!
Brought to you by Swarm!, Scoops, Orange 20 Bikes, Coffee Cellar, and Pure Luck Restaurant.
Beer generously donated by New Belgium Brewing!
Screening at 8pm, but come early for food, coffee and ice cream (vegan too!).

Thursday, October 25

Lung Compromise

I just wanted to send a shout out of encouragement to all you cycling commuters to maybe incorporate the bus/metro into your ride while these fires burn. Yesterday I had to walk my bike up sunset out of chinatown cuz i felt like i was going to hyperventilate. I could not get enough oxygen! It's terrible and I urge you all to be careful. Ride slow!!!! drink water!!!!

Tuesday, October 16

STILL making the bike film!!

***** Second Call for BIKE Film Crew and Bicyclist-created Soundtrack *****

I am working on a short film (abt 5 min.) for my beginning filmmaking class at LA City College.

The story is the triumph of a man and his bicycle- once separated, but eventually reunited, on the streets of LA. It is as-yet untitled.

I plan to create this entire film without the use of a car. All filming / crew and gear transport will occur via bicycle and public transit.

Our second day of shooting will be Tuesday, October 23rd, from 9am until 5pm.

My intention is to create a film that we can enter into the Bicycle Film Festival.

**I am looking for 2-4 crew members to help with the filming. For this filming day, you will need a backpack to carry a bit of the gear. We will be filming primarily in subway stations / on trains, so we’ll leave our bikes at home or locked outside the Wilshire/Western station (our starting point).

**I am also looking to use music by LA-based bicyclist musicians as the soundtrack. As the film has very little dialogue, the music will play an important part of the film. I’m looking for a variety of music (perhaps 3 songs, in total). However, one song must be fast-paced and overlay nicely with a chase scene. If there are lyrics, they don’t need to be about bicycling, but it would be great if they were!

I will pay for crew members’ metro pass expenses for filming days and provide food.

Of course, you will be listed in the credits and I will give each person that works on it a copy of the film.

If you would like to be a part of the guerilla film-on-bike madness, write to me at

velorucion@yahoo.com

Thanks!
Andrea

Saturday, October 6

Jack and Brian: 508 miles this weekend

Hey all. In case you already have not heard Jack talking about it (ha ha), him and Brian Davidson (who works with the Bicrowave on the westside) are both racing solo at the Furnace Creek 508 this weekend. It is a long, tough course, but both hope to finish in under 32 hours. I put some pictures up and have some more links on my blog (nowhip.blogspot.com). The race webcast will be updated all weekend with time splits and photos.
It's amazing what can be done on bikes!

Wednesday, October 3

Let's Make a Bike Film!

***** Call for BIKE Film Crew and Bicyclist-created Soundtrack *****

I am working on a short film (abt 5 min.) for my beginning filmmaking class at LA City College.

The story is the triumph of a man and his bicycle- once separated, but eventually reunited, on the streets of LA. It is as-yet untitled.

I plan to create this entire film without the use of a car. All filming / crew and gear transport will occur via bicycle and public transit.

I intend (I don’t know, because this is my first time shooting a whole film) for the shooting to take one whole day and part of another day- perhaps two whole days, in total.

The first day of shooting will be Tuesday, October 9th, from 9am until 5pm. The second day will be sometime in October, and will be determined after the first day of shooting.

My intention is to create a film that we can enter into the Bicycle Film Festival.

**I am looking for 2-4 crew members to help with the filming. You will need a bicycle with a pannier or some other way of carrying gear. If October 9th will not work for you, but you are interested in being a part of the project, let me know and I’ll keep you updated.

**I am also looking to use music by LA-based bicyclist musicians as the soundtrack. As the film has very little dialogue, the music will play an important part of the film. I’m looking for a variety of music (perhaps 3 songs, in total). However, one song must be fast-paced and overlay nicely with a chase scene. If there are lyrics, they don’t need to be about bicycling, but it would be great if they were!

**I know that there are people in the bicycle community that have more experience creating films than I do- I am also kind of looking for suggestions / advice from those people. If you are one of those people, but you can’t handle the fact that this is VERY low budget and I’m using the crappy cameras that LACC lends its students, then I don’t mean you (unless you’re going to give me your super-nice camera for my shooting days.) But if you have ever had to rig a camera to a bicycle so that it is absolutely fall-proof or use a bike as a dolly without breaking your neck, please share your wisdom!!

I will pay for crew members’ metro pass expenses for filming days and provide food.

Of course, you will be listed in the credits and I will give each person that works on it a copy of the film (dear goddess, please let it be good. . . )

If you would like to be a part of the guerilla film-on-bike madness, write to me at

velorucion@yahoo.com

Thanks!
Andrea

Monday, October 1

Class is in Session!

at the Bicicocina. check it at this link:

http://www.bicyclekitchen.com/workshops.htm

Thursday, September 20

local economy, kitchens and cookbook

Albert Bates is a renowned character in the eco-village and intentional community movements. his latest book (The Post-petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook: Recipes for Changing Times) is quite informative, entertaining and full of practical recommendations. i really like i must say. last year while he was visiting the Los Angeles Eco-Village (the location where the bicycle kitchen was born) he visited the kitchen and now he's spreading good word in europe. in the following excerpt from an interview conducted in dublin he mentions the kitchen in a response about building local economies:

from the biciblog email

Hello, When I posted a piece on sharing the road, from an Arizona cyclist this weekend, and began the latest batch of debate on the subject on my Blog, The Cycling Dude, I had no idea another tragedy was happening in our community.

I got the following e-mail, from a reporter at the OC Register, yesterday, and pass it along because of the last part of it:

Hello Kiril,

I am a reporter for the Register. I am working on a story about Sandy
Julienne of Huntington Beach, a cyclist who was struck and killed by a big
rig while riding in Irvine on Saturday. My understanding is he was well
known in the cycling community. I am wondering if you knew him, knew of him
or know anyone who does, as we are interested in writing a news obituary.


It seems we've had an unfortunate patterm of these tragedies lately here in
Orange County. I would also appreciate your thoughts and suggestions on how
to improve safety and interaction between vehicles and bicycles.

Sincerely,

Erika Chavez
Staff Writer
The Orange County Register
(949) 553-2914
echavez@ocregister.com




Here is my post on the Arizona essay, and I am encouraging anyone with thoughts on the subject, and the comments made so far, to weigh in:

http://www.cyclingdude.com/2007/09/arizona-cyclist.html


The Register had a brief mention of what is known about the Irvine incident so far, and this has so far spurred 2 pages of comments.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/police-saturday-scene-1846313-irvine-julienne


I replied to 4 of them, then because of the tendency for such comments to get deleted for arbitrary reasons, included the comments, and my responses, with 4 pics taken when I visited the accident site this morning, in a post on my blog, again, hoping to spur discussion:

http://www.cyclingdude.com/2007/09/18-wheeler-vs-c.html


Please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested in tossing in their 2 cents.


KIRIL KUNDURAZIEFF

Santa Ana, CA.


Putting the ING in BICYCLING Since January 2003


The Cycling Dude